Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06
THE war IS over.
The Heroes Of Gettysburg on Both
Sides Meet as Brothers and Dodi.
cate Monuments to their
Dead Comrades.
One Of the Most Significant Signs
OF the Time that True Soldiers
Of the War Harb0r No
Resentments.

GETTYSBURG, Pa, July 3.-Very little
more sleep visited the eyes of the people o.
Gettysburg last night than on tho night oi
July I'd, 1868. This morning dawned
clear and beautiful. a perfect counterpart
OF the memorial day it commentaries. In
the place of cannon shots, however, the
shriil shrisks Of the locomotives broke the
Sabbath stiffness as excursion after ex
cursion reinforced the crowdsi in the streets
The morning was spent in sight seeing and
going over the field. At 1:3O p. m. the pro.
cession formed at the Eagle hotel and was
led by Adjutant Whitecar and was followed
by the band. They took up their line o,
march toward the place where twenty.fou
years before the Philadelphia men had held
their position against the famous Pickett's
division Of Longstreet's corps of the army
of northern Virginia. At length they
REACHED THE BLOODY ANGLE
the band struck up Rally Round the
Flag. Boys" and the old Philadelphia
brigade is once more on the ground they so
nobly defended against such overwhelming
odds. The stone fence is still standing, be-
hind which the Philadelphia brigade made
it's heroic stand. and two monumental. one
for the Sixty-ninth and the other for the
Seventy first, are located within few feet
of it. A few minutes after O'Clock the
Sixty.ninth marched to the stand erected
for the purpose and there the assemblage
was called to order by Col. Briggs, who m
troduced Adjutant w. C. McDermott, who
read the list of killed and mortally wound
ed of the Sixty-ninth regiment. He then
presented
GEN. JOSHUA 7. OWEN,
who delivered the oration. During his
speech the General said that the COM
mander of the Philadelphia Brigade when
he placed them at the stoEewall in such an
advanced position knew they would
stay there and hold that position till
death, he referred to the manner in which
they got the name of "Quaddy Owen g
regulars" and pointed out General Brown
as the man who so called them. He said
he hardly knew what the men meant who
twenty-four years ago to-day emerged from
the woods 1900 yards away and made
the terrible assault on the Union line. Let
them place this monument where they
wish. A. Armistead and several Others
pierced our line and here within few feet
of this spot he fell
WOUNDED UNTO DEATH.
The renowned phalanxes of Alexander
would not have dared to make the charge
Picketts made" In closing he called for
three cheers for Picketts' division as proof
of their friendship. They were given with q
will, as were three cheers for General
Owens. Col. Reilly then presented the
to the care and keeping of the
Battlefield Monument Association. 1t was
received in their name by Col. j. B.
Batchelder. As soon as Col. Batchelder
name of the Sixty-ninth Regiment pre-
sented him with a handsome gold watch,
appropriately inscribed
THE COLONEL WAS MUCH SURPRISED
and in few words thanked the regiment for
it's kind reremhrances of him. Before the
ceremony began, Mrs. Pickett, escorted by
General Burns, took her seat on the plat
form and the crowd at once cheered her.
Adjutant General McDermott stepped for
ward and preser ted her with a beautiful
floral cross which had been given the brig
ade by Mrs. Reed, of Philadelphia, and
which they now wished to present her.
L lis IHlSLcu OIlC C0FtLuOUIcS vi UHc OlAVy-
ninth and now the Seventy-first took the
General Burns who succeeded General
had finished General
BALDY SMITH WAS PRESENT
and spoke for only few minutes. It fell
upon Gen. Wister to turn the monument
k<,% ho Do al Morn4u:~1
ton, and he was so much affected by the
sight of the small number of the brigade
remaining that it took him some moments
to master his feelings, and occasionally
during his speech his voice would choke and
he with difficulty continue. The monu-
ment was accepted in the name of the
association by Col. John NJ. Vanderslice,
of Philadelphia. Col. R. Penn Smith, then,
in a very interesting speech, turned over to
the Memorial Association the tablet of
Cushjng's battery, which was also received
by Col. Vanderslice. The crowd then
moved near
THE FAMOUS CLUMP OF TREES
where Gowan's battery monument is
erected. When all was ready Col. Andrew
Cowan introduced Rev. Jas. K. Dickson,
who offered prayers. Mrs. Pickett was
there ascending the platform and Col
Cowan arising thanked ber for her presence
and also welcomed the wife OF the com.
mander OF the Philadelphia brigade. whose
husband twenty-four years ago began as
an aid on Wrbb's staff, who brought him
an order TO place his guns where the monu
ment now is and whom he had not seen
again until last night. He then presented
E. PAINE, AS THE ORATOR,
who spoke for about twenty minutes.
Then Col. Cowan transferred the monu-
ment to the Memorial Association, in
whose behalf it was accepted by Captain
S. C. Wagner. Lieut.. W. NJ. eawyers, on
behalf of the battery, then thanked Col.
Cowan for his efforts to bring about this
dedication and make it success. Perhaps
the most interesting incident OF the whole
dedication was the presentation. by Col.
Cowan, to Pickett Division Association, of
the sword which he took during Pickctt's
famous charge. The party then broke up
and returned to town.